Chapter 98 Pillar

After discussing the plan to cooperate with the neighboring village of Xiazhuang to set up a factory, Xu Qiang began to count the fertilizers and soaps and shampoo creams produced in the past two days.

When Xu Qiang went to the provincial capital, the peat field was still operating at full capacity.

In three whole days, Liu Jun, Erhu and Da Hei Niu produced a total of nearly three tons of humic acid fertilizer, 200 kilograms of shampoo, and more than 600 bars of soap. This quantity made Xu Qiang very satisfied.

In total, the net profit of one kilogram of shampoo is one yuan, and two hundred kilograms is more than two hundred yuan. A piece of soap can now make more than three cents, so more than six hundred yuan is more than one hundred and eighty yuan. As for humic acid fertilizer, the selling price of one ton is 120 yuan, and three tons is three hundred and sixty yuan. The profit is %, which is one hundred and forty yuan. In total, during the days when Xu Qiang was away, the peat field made a profit of more than four hundred yuan!
Calculating it this way, shampoo still has a higher profit margin, but the audience for this product is still smaller, far less than soap. People who can afford soap may not be able to afford shampoo, so during this period, Wang Yongsheng also proposed to import more soap and less shampoo.

As for fertilizers, they have always been limited by production capacity and can only be refined during the hottest hours at noon. Xu Qiang plans to dig a few earth stoves under the sink next. If the heating problem can be solved, the output of fertilizers will definitely increase.

However, Xu Qiang has always been a little cautious about this matter, because if the fireworks are too big, it will definitely attract the attention of nearby villagers, and something serious might happen. Therefore, this idea has never been implemented. But if the joint factory with Xiazhuang Village is successful this time, Xu Qiang can immediately start to solve this problem.

After packing the goods, Xu Qiang planned to deliver some goods to Wang Yongsheng tonight. He wanted to settle the outstanding debt of more than 2,000 yuan as soon as possible...

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At the same time, Liu Siying's family were sitting together and finishing their meal.

Today, Liu Biao got off work on time for once, so his wife Zhao Xiufang stewed fish and also stir-fried celery and pork slices. This was one of the rare improvements in his life in the past half month.

"Xu Qiang has made such great contributions to the factory, should he be transferred to our technical department?" Liu Siying asked her father at the dinner table.

The news about Xu Qiang's trip to the province has begun to spread in the factory, including in the office building where their technical department is located. Many people also talk about this matter. The reason is very simple. On the one hand, the prize money for this event is very high, a full 800 yuan. Such a high prize money was actually won by a temporary worker, which really made many people jealous.

On the other hand, those who won the awards in the first two military-to-civilian conversion activities basically entered the technical department smoothly. From a temporary worker to a department that is basically staffed by highly educated cadres, this was indeed a very sensational topic in the factory.

"No." Liu Biao put a mouthful of rice into his mouth and continued, "I have discussed with your section chief before. It is not a good thing for Xiao Xu to be transferred to the technical department now. Besides, it is not in compliance with regulations to let a temporary worker enter the technical department of our factory..."

"But when you just came back the day before yesterday, you kept praising Xu Qiang, saying that he was a rare talent and that there was no expert in chemical engineering in the factory. If he was transferred to the technical department, it might be able to solve the problem of the chemical workshop's years of losses." Liu Siying asked with some confusion.

Recently, Xu Qiang has undoubtedly attracted Liu Siying's attention. First, he got the first place in the class, even higher than his own score. Then he won the first place in the factory's military-to-civilian product solicitation activity. He also went to the provincial capital with his father and persuaded the provincial experts. Finally, the project was approved and reported. All these things made Liu Siying feel a little incredible, so she became somewhat interested in his affairs.

"The chemical workshop is just a small workshop after all. It was not among the initial construction projects of our factory. It was just a merger of the then Industrial and Agricultural Synthetic Factory. Later, it became a workshop specializing in the production of explosives." Liu Biao pondered for a moment, and then said: "In fact, when our factory was doing well in the past, it didn't matter whether the chemical workshop made a profit or a loss. It was just to support a few more people..." It was obvious that Liu Biao had never paid attention to the chemical workshop from the beginning. Even though Xu Qiang helped the factory get the funds for the renovation project this time, Liu Biao was not optimistic about the final effect. At most, it could only support the few people in the chemical workshop. But after all, Shengli Machinery Factory was a large factory with tens of thousands of employees. This little profit was only a drop in the bucket.

"Oh, I see." Liu Siying nodded.

"Xu Qiang did a really good job this time and helped our factory win this project. But even if the workshop is renovated, I think we can only balance income and expenditure at best. It's hard to make a profit. Our factory is too remote, and the cost of shipping many things is very high. If things are expensive, no one will buy them. This is not an order from a higher-level department. As long as it's made, we won't have trouble selling it..." Liu Biao said with a frown.

"It seems quite difficult." Liu Siying sighed.

Liu Siying started working in technical fields right after she entered the factory. She had never been involved in product sales. However, Liu Biao, as the factory director, had a comprehensive view of the overall situation and could find the key to any problem in the factory.

"So if our factory wants to get through the difficult times next year, we still have to work on our original military products. The reduction in the number of orders this time shows that our products are still not advanced enough. If they were really good enough, how could the army not want them?" Liu Biao sighed and continued, "As far as I know, the artillery fuzes currently produced by our factory are still far behind similar foreign products. Xiaoying, you are in the technical department, you should know more about this than me, right?"

"Yes." Liu Siying nodded, and then said: "The most advanced 130 self-propelled rocket launcher point fuse in our factory is quite good in China, but it is definitely not the best, and there is a certain gap with similar foreign products, mainly in terms of control accuracy."

The products of Shengli Machinery Factory are actually quite good, but the key problem is that there are many manufacturers in the country that produce similar products. If the products are not the best in the country, orders will naturally not be guaranteed. After all, the current national defense industry is updating and replacing at a very fast pace. If you cannot keep up with the times, you will only be slowly eliminated.

"I'm right, right?" Liu Biao smiled and continued, "So if our factory wants to make a comeback next year, it still depends on your technical department. The others are just small-time efforts, especially your section chief Li Cunzhu. He is the backbone of our factory. He has helped the factory research new products many times before. As long as he can still come up with new products, our factory will continue to prosper."

"Chief Li's technical level is indeed strong, but I feel like his mind is not on research and development right now..." Liu Siying said with a frown.

"That's much better than you young people! You have achieved some small results, but it's far worse than Lao Li. In short, whoever can help me improve the efficiency of the factory will be fine even if I have to support him!" Liu Biao said with a raised eyebrow.

"By the way, Xiaoying, you should get off work early tomorrow because we have guests coming to our house for dinner." Liu Biao said to his daughter.

"Who is it?" asked Liu Biao's wife.

"Who else could it be? Of course it's Lao Li, his wife and son. His son just recently retired from the army and will be assigned to our factory soon. Lao Li wants his son to meet our Xiaoying..." Liu Biao smiled and continued, "Our factory can't do without Lao Li. He has told me several times before that he wants to be transferred to work in the province. He has already found the right connections, but I kept him here. This time he wants his son to meet Xiaoying. I can't refuse no matter what, right?"

(End of this chapter)